Rail-joint.



M. PUSATERI.

RAIL JOINT.

1 APPLVicATmN FILED FEB.16,1915.

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RAIL JOINT.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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To azz mmm@ @amm McDonald, in ,the conntvyo" AWa Shngton and State of P ennsvllvania have invented new and. useful Impnovenients in. Bolf tion.,

' Joint/S, of which the followne'is aspeoe'a;

1o in vineens forfconnectingthe,meeting endo-of two railway ralls. f

- Inf/Carrying ont my; .nventfonit' `iis! nov purpose to provide a `rail Joint Wheijein the fishl platesgare ,so 4coperative, with 4 the `rails -f provide .fthemeetingfeldsof tivo railsvvith V'Without lathe employment of nuts is transverse slots or openings and 'to' provide a fish 'plateffor 'the' -ralSV hillg lllegfal yoke or bailmembers Whiohlshall be passed through `theopenings and to Vfurther provide a seconds-iish plate which shall[enga.geloe-4 V tween-,the yoke members. inffthe opposite faces of therails and gto further provide susceptible lto lateral ory r`verticalino,v'eineri,t7

means for :lockingithe fish plateslit/ o the rails and so prodnce :a vjoint ,Which/.Will .notbe certain Vand desired amoltgof 'lQllg-lldnl" 5 vvhich lhas its free wend, which islarranged adieoen oneof Said openings 4,Pr0v ed n aovernentA incident to ,the expansion and contraction ofthefrails. v Y Y VA still further"object .0f the invention is to provide a frailljoint including a ufish plate havingbails or. yokesivhich passlthrongh openings in the websof tjhe-railsandprof ject: beyond the opposite faces of said lrails andthe second lish :plate 1 which 'is adapted toslide longitudinally of-:the rails between the projectin'gendsf the yQkQS tob'e engaged-by the saidfyokesfand ltherebyforced' and: .base ,flanges ofztlie rail, jandj Ato fortifier forcoperating wvitlrtheshplates Vfor locking or securing the.` saidzfflshf` plates upon rail ends,. the 'forward ,ldclllgo means being the in'ip'rovement vresides Tin the C OILSITUQQD;

combination and @arrangement of `I )artsJ- set Specification of Iiettiersliatent. Appliqation filedFelgrnary 16, .1.915- Serial1 \T0.1525605. Y

This invention relatos"to mprovonollt the Ifish gplatoszfroni#theirals- 51.11 .the drawings; Figo-'re Vlisa rerspe'tve rationofthe Same'lookingtovvard theoppog site vSide' ofthe joint, :Fig- Sina horizontal Sectional 'View approXimatelv .on the: 11e

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\ fertili-lin the following*ieofioaton .-fall1'11g-twt1nnthe Scope of .the appended y v'View, ,)f`.'tvv;ograils constrnetedrinaccordance with the present 1nvent1on, F1g. 2 is an ,ele-y tfonal view-approximately onthe of Fig-f- .2, Fig 5 ea detail nerspeetveview looking means )to permit "ofY theseparation Peferrne' 'now to. the drawings a pair oflspaced transverse slotsoropenings i i v.1,ond12 doolanetegthe 'endsof tivolralvvav falle @Each lof the' rails? sofftheordnary edv i 3' and-.4 respectively; the' openings VIloeng orrangedsnearer.. the endsof the rails 'than opposite faces oftheivobs of thefrals fand 2,at a suitable distance to `the rearof the openlngs 4 therein# Het Sm-ting, member with@ilaterally extendingl 111g of bolt4 @that projects `loovolldthe opposite Sido of thelsad web a Stiblefdistenee` through? {el'on gat-ect slot? Eafghof thefsprng membens jat' `its ,end provided kwith fthejlugl `vorfbolt' has its ,outer faoe .formed with a subtotaal- J neathv the heads ofthev rails asvvellasfto contact with `the base flanges of vsaid Y.

andontegrollviormed Wfhxthe Seid Plate I8. are substantiallyjUshaped members or baile l0 Whichveqnal in numberviththeopeningsV ffntheral ends'end'whoh areiadontedfto project ,through-the .SadforenngS- i The no per and' `ltnverl members of each of thebailjs, f

necting member 13 of each of the bails 10 is arranged at an angle with respect tothe innerl and vertically straight face of the lish plate 9. These members 10 project a distance beyond the webs of the rails opposite the plate 9, sufficient to receive the second fish plate -14 which is slid longitudinally of the rails and contacts with the inner walls ofthe bails and with the webs of the rails, the said fish plate also engaging beneath the heads and against the base flanges of said rails. To accommodate this the slots or openings 3 and 4 may partially enter the heads andthe base flanges of the The inner wall of the slot or opening 16 isv beveled, as indicated by the numeral 17 and thev inner face of the said plate is grooved from its end longitudinally toward the'said opening 16, as indicated by the numeral 18. The plate 9 is arranged uponthe rails by merely placing rthe same within the shing spaces of the rails, permitting the bails to pass through the openings 3 and 4 so that the depression 15 will receive the bolt of the spring upon the rail 2, and the bail 8 of the spring upon the raill will be disposed within the opening 16. The inner face of the plate 14 is centrally provided with a longitudinally extending groove 19 and has one of its ends provided with a depression or pocket 20 and its other end bifurcated, as at 21, and the said inner face being inclined or beveled from the arms provided by the bifurcation toward the channel 19, as indicated by the numeral 22. l

Y The plate 14 is first arranged longitudinally of the rails, its bifurcated end 21 being positioned adjacent the projecting boltof the rail 2, and the beveled or inclined surface 22 forces the said pin through the opening in the rail 1 provided therefor, against the pressure of the spring 5 to allow `the plate 14 to pass through the bails'lO, the end of said pin riding in the longitudinal groove 16 Yand contacting the inner wall provided thereby. "When the plate has been slid its proper distance upon the rails the pin of the rail 1 willpengage within the pocket 20 ofthe said plate 14 and the end wall of the bifurcated portion 21 of the'said plate 14 will contact with the oset member 8 of the spring 5 of the rail 2, thus lockingthe plate 14 upon the rails against either longitudinal'movement, the inner walls of the bails 10 forcing the said plate against the sides of the rails and preventing the lateral movement of the said plate. 'e

The tool, indicated by the numeral 25,

` and illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings may have either of its curved ends engage the offset bail of the spring upon the rail 2, the said tool being passed through the opening 16 in the plate 9, so the bolt of the said spring will be brought out of the pocket of the plate 14 to permit of the plate 14 being slid longitudinally of therails out of engagement with the bails of the plate 9, and the said plate 9 is moved laterally of the rails to bring thev said bails out of engagement with the openings 3 and 4. It will thus be noted that the inner wall of the slotted portion 21 of the plate 14 contacting with the bail or U-shaped member` of the spring of the rail 1 serves as a stop for limiting the Vmovement of the'said plate 14 in a longitudinalV direction and the said plate is brought into locking position between the bails of the plate 9 and one of the faces of the rails. i

From the above description, taken in connection with the l accompanyingv drawings, the simplicity of the device, Vas well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a rail joint, the combination with two rails having abutting ends, the said rails having a-'plurality of transverse openings, bolt members upon the rails, springs for forcing the bolts beyond the webs of each of the rails, sh plates, one of said fish plates being provided with laterally eX- tending bails which are adapted to pass through'the openings in the rails and project beyond the opposite sides thereof, said fish plate having its inner face formed with a Vpocket to receive one -of the spring pressed bolts, the other fish plate also having videdv with a longitudinally extending j spring member, the free end of which being provided with a bolt which passes through an elon ated opening in the web of the said rail an the saidbolts entering fromthe opposite sides of the respective rails, and each of the said springs being further provided with U-,shaped members, fish plates, one of said fish plates having, one of its ends channeled and provided with a slot and being lfurther provided with a plurality of bails L which are adapted to pass through the openings in the rails, the inner face of the said member being further provided With a pocket to engagethe projecting bolt of one of the rails, and the openings in the said fish plate adapted to receive the U-shaped member of one of the springs-of `one of the 1 rails, the second fish plate having one of its -.ends bifurcated and provided With a longitudinally extending groove terminating in a pocket and the said groove having its Walls beveled toward the said bifurcated end, said g plate adaptedv to be moved longitudinally Within the projecting bails of the rstrmentioned In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence. of two Witnesses.

' MICHAEL PUSATERI.

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plate and to have its pocket receive 15v the'pro]ecting bolt of the second rail. 

